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Yingluck's former commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom who is accused of falsifying government-to-government rice deals arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok, Thailand, August 25, 2017. Source: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha.
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Ex-Thai commerce minister sentenced to 42 years in jail over rice bidding scam

This material belongs to: Xinhua. A former Thai commerce minister was on Friday sentenced to 42 years in jail under a historical lawsuit involving an…
Former Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrives at the Supreme Court in Bangkok Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand on August 1, 2017. Source: Anusak Laowilas/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
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Thailand Issues an Arrest Warrant for Its Former Prime Minister After She Fails to Show For a Verdict

This material belongs to: Time. Thailand’s Supreme Court has issued an arrest warrant for former prime minster of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra after she failed to show up…
Em discurso na tribuna do Senado, senador Fernando Collor (PTB-AL). Source: Moreira Mariz/Agência Senado.
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Brazil Corruption

This material belongs to: La Vanguardia. Supreme Court accepts accusation against former president Fernando Collor for corruption. Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted a complaint…
В Швеции россиянина подозревают в организации сомнительной сделки Bombardier с железнодорожниками Азербайджана. Источник фото: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg.
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Swedish prosecutors to charge Bombardier Sweden employee with bribery

This material belongs to: Reuters. STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish prosecutors said on Friday they would charge an employee of Canadian aircraft and train maker Bombardier BBDb.ST on…
Customs commissioner Nicanor Faeldon wipes his eyes of tears as Sen. Richard Gordon approach to talk to him at the resumption of the Senate hearing on the 6.4 billion drug shipment which the BOC confiscated. Source: INQUIRER/Grig C. Montegrande.
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Faeldon in standoff with Trillanes before admitting corruption in BOC

This material belongs to: Inquirer.net. Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Nicanor Faeldon refused to answer questions from Senator Antonio Trillanes IV on whether there is…
Avigdor Lieberman surrounded by Ze'ev Elkin, Benjamin Netanyahu, Alex Miller, and Faina Kirschenbaum. Sources: Leiberman: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images; Netenyahu: Menaham Kahana/Pool/Getty Images; Kirschenbaum: Michael Feigin/WikiCommons; Alex Miller: knesset.gov.il; Elkin: WikiCommons.
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Israeli prosecutors charge former officials with corruption

This material belongs to: ABC News. Israeli prosecutors have charged a former deputy minister and nine others in a corruption sting centered on Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman‘s…
A NSW corruption watchdog report has made no findings against federal Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos. Source: AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts.
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Sinodinos cleared in corruption report

This material belongs to: 9 News. A NSW corruption watchdog report has made no findings against federal Industry Minister Arthur Sinodinos. The long-awaited report from Independent Commission Against Corruption into water infrastructure…
Гульнара Каримова в то время, когда она была еще влиятельной дочерью президента. Источник фото: news.rufox.ru
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Glamorous Uzbek princess who accrued a vast fortune under her father’s rule and courted British royalty and celebrities has been thrown into jail over $2bn corruption allegations

This material belongs to: Daily Mail. Glamorous Uzbek princess who accrued a vast fortune under her father’s rule and courted British royalty and celebrities has…
Yang Xiuzhu arrived at Beijing airport on Wednesday. Source: BBC.
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Самая разыскиваемая китайская беглая преступница созналась в коррупции

В пятницу 28 июля 2017 года в зале суда возглавившая список самых разыскиваемых за границей китайских беглых преступников женщина созналась в коррупции, через восемь месяцев…
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) greets Allentown, Pennsylvania Mayor Ed Pawlowski after the administration's Jobs and Economic Growth Forum in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building December 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Source: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America.
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Allentown mayor, ex-Reading mayor charged with corruption

This material belongs to: 6abc News. The mayor of Allentown and the former mayor of Reading have been charged with corruption for a series of…
In this March 13, 2017 photo, the then-party secretary of Chongqing, Sun Zhengcai, attends a plenary session of China's National People's Congress NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The Chinese Communist Party said Monday, July 24, 2017, that the former leader of the megacity of Chongqing is suspected of "serious violation of discipline," its shorthand for corruption and abuse of office. Source: Idaho Statesman.
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Rising Chinese politician under investigation for corruption

This material belongs to: Idaho Statesman. One-time rising Chinese political star Sun Zhengcai is being investigated for violations of party discipline, the ruling Communist Party…
Sen. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV pushed for the Office of the Ombudsman’s investigation against President Rodrigo Duterte citing his “admission” of corruption as grounds.Senate PRIB
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Trillanes: Duterte’s corruption ‘admission’ ground for ombudsman probe

This material belongs to: PhilStar Global. Sen. Antonio “Sonny” Trillanes IV on Monday pushed for the Office of the Ombudsman’s investigation against President Rodrigo Duterte…
Gustavo Moreno, Fiscal Anticorrupción, detenido por pedir soborno. Source: La Otra Cara.
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Corruption Case…Corrupt

This material belongs to: Legal Reader. Sometimes corrupt politicians feel more at ease in engaging in illegal transactions after crossing borders, supposedly away from adoring…
Then-president Lula, with his hand on the wheel, at the groundbreaking for Petrobras’s Abreu e Lima refinery in 2007 (left). A protest in the streets of São Paulo on March 15. More than a million people marched in Brazil’s cities on that day. Source: Bloomberg.
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Brazilian construction firm UTC fined 175 mln USD for corruption

This material belongs to: Xinhua.net. Brazilian construction engineering company, UTC Engenharia S.A., one of the country’s largest, will pay 574 million reais (175 million U.S.…
BERLIN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 11: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrives at the Chancellery to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on November 11, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Sharif is on a two-day official visit to Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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Microsoft’s default font is at the center of a government corruption case

This material belongs to: thenextweb.com. After creating a font in 2004, its creators probably never thought it’d be used as evidence in a government corruption…